Keystone pipeline no panacea

4:14 PM,
Mar. 21, 2014

Written by

Hal Hogstrom
OPINION

In consecutive editions (March 16 and 17) this paper published substantial articles, both of which supported the proposed construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Prominent among the arguments offered in these commentaries was the contention that it would relieve us of dependence upon OPEC for our energy supplies.

In the past this tired excuse has been used to justify both drilling for oil in environmentally vulnerable areas and the generous federal subsidies given to our highly prosperous petroleum industry. But these advocates for big oil seem not to have noticed that developments ...